The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-11-18
SWEET FORGIVENESS.

Rev. MyrOn W. Heed-ln re-
cent SCI mon on "IShmael," preach
ed at Denver, COl.-said:
1t is especially bard for mean
men to believe in forgiveness. 1t
is rot easy tor anybody. Few white
men will trust an Indian; few In.
dianS will trust a white mdH. After
25O years of two tongued business
the plant of confidence is nearly
killed. 1t is d plant of slow growth
any way.
In one of his plays, Mr.. Brown
ing makes one of his men say: 81
do forgive you," and the other an
sweI :"WaIt aud ponder that great
word." We are Taught to- pray;
"Father, forgive our trespasses aS
we IOrglve those who trespaSs
against U.S. LlO& 10 we forgive
those who treSpasS against us +!
~ ell lfpar a man say OF another:
81 do not wish to have anything
more to de wIh him, the world is
wide" There is IA good deal OF that
KIND of forgiveness. That is hard,
~ the kind we ask from GOd-that
He will not have anything more to
do with us. When men quarrel as
the heldSmen Of Abraham and Lot,
and couclnle TO go apart, Que To
the east and one 10 the west, that
is better than Sighting. But it is
only feasible on tbinly settled
earth. Tie earth is getting small.
| The men on it are great travellers.
We have 70 meet pretty often. Go
ing apart has given place TO living
together. n good deal OF forgive
ness is not the genuine thing. Men
bury the hatchet, but they know
where they buried it. They keep
that grave green. Suppose men
quarrel six tiuies aud make peace
six times, and bury six liatCiets.
Now they quarrel the seventh time.
1t is not one batchct that | see
brandished, but seven.
There has been no final funeral of
any one hatchet. can see an En
glishman and not think of the atti
tude of England to US in 1868, or
1912 or in 17T6. But let some new
occasion for arms arise Between us
and England. and | will think of
every grievance from The earliest
DAYS of the colouists down. Time
has no effect OH Il wrong. | can
think of things that happened to
me as boy and become as hot over
them as ever.
There are men wlio 20 around
with bullets in them. They may
! not as general thing be painful.
They are now and then. The men
know when they are.
Charles Dickens once SAID life is
too short to hate anybody in. That
is hardly satisfactory. L suppose
that he meant that there are so
many great things to think of, |
cannot afford to give up space to a
small thing. One does not like to
be forgiven because he is insigniti-
cant. One does not like to 1e put
out OF tue Nlnu0W as OHCie IOp1
put out the fly, saying $50, poor
devil.n There is not much real for
givcncss among men. The relation
of one nation TO another suggests
the relation of the lion-tamer in the
cage with the lion. IL looks peace
rcl, but notice that he has his eye
on them aud they occasionally east
an eve on him; it is not sheep''
eve, either, aud understand thai
there is a red ho; iron poker handy
| was reading Of two miners
Joint owners OF cabin-joiul
mariners in work aud rest. Oiie daS
they quarreled about something OF
other, too much saleratus in tbt
biscuit, perhaps. They vent about
their work silent aud glum for a
: day or two, and then one rose IN The
night; took a wet rag and mopped
out the line OF division, aud tbeI
slung the personal e6eutS around
urOmiscuouSly. Peace Was declar
Ell. After that. when the relations
were strained between the partners